Unbelievable!
Sunday
Friday
Sunday
Time to get serious: Stage 5 - the return
Yet again, we could feel the pull of the
A N O T H E R D I M E N S I O N
waning. But, after some pleading with the owners of
A N O T H E R D I M E N S I O N….
(http://www.backtotheeighties.net/images/billandted460.jpg)
…it would take us further yet.
They exclaimed “WOAH! EXCELLENT!” and said we could swing past Le Corbusier’s apartments on the way home.
...and someone else's intriguing architecture....
Time to get serious: Stage 4
Yet again, we could feel the pull of the
A N O T H E R D I M E N S I O N
waning. But it would take us further yet. Out of Britagne and south into the Atlantique Coast.
Like the soft rays of afternoon sun through stained glass, we descended into Clisson.
And laid claim to the land with a ceremonial dance, performed here by our Polish comrade.
Then we checked out this fair dinkum castle. Circa 700AD.
Tuesday
Time to get serious: Stage 3
We could feel the pull of the A N O T H E R D I M E N S I O N waning. But it would take us further yet. Into the heart of Britagne! To Rennes.
At this point it was time for a cappuccino – Rennes style. Hold the milk thanks, I'll just have cream.
Monday
Sunday
Time to get serious: Stage 2
Through the Another Dimension we tumbled….. to Mont Saint Michel – a voluminous abbey built atop an earthen outcrop in the mudflats on the northern coast of France. The daily high tide effortlessly wraps its molten arms around the outcrop, protecting it and its occupants from advancing hordes.
Building commenced around 700AD.
It was once used as a prison.
If the bitter cold water doesn’t scare you, the biting north wind will.
The people of the Middle Ages regarded Mont Saint Michel as an “image of paradise”. My impression was this: if Mont Saint Michel were to be represented by a pillow, it would be a very beautiful pillow….made of the hardest, coldest stone-ice-hybrid rock. I guess that suggests how tough life in the middle ages was.
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